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2019 Seventh Warmest Year Recorded In India Since 1901: Met Department

However, warming during 2019 was substantially lower than the highest warming observed over India during 2016, it added.

Local women carry firewood home  near Gujarat, western India. (Photographer: Santosh Verma/Bloomberg News)  
Local women carry firewood home  near Gujarat, western India. (Photographer: Santosh Verma/Bloomberg News)  

The year 2019 was the seventh warmest recorded in the country since 1901, the India Meteorological Department said on Monday.

However, warming during 2019 was substantially lower than the highest warming observed over India during 2016, it added.

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